# Chapter I: Introductory explained — Nonsense Books

> Chapter companion for Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

## What happens

This introductory chapter sets the stage for the story by describing the Land of Gramble-Bramble, the great Lake Pipple-Popple, and the city of Tosh. It introduces the seven families who live by the lake, one of which lives in the lake itself, and hints at their identities to be revealed in the next chapter.

## Key lines

> In former days—that is to say, once upon a time—there lived in the Land of Gramble-Blamble seven families.

A long time ago, in the Land of Gramble-Blamble, there were seven families.

_Establishes the setting and the number of families._

> They lived by the side of the great Lake Pipple-Popple (one of the seven families, indeed, lived in the lake), and on the outskirts of the city of Tosh, which, excepting when it was quite dark, they could see plainly.

These families lived near the large Lake Pipple-Popple—one family actually lived in the lake—and on the edge of the city of Tosh, which they could see clearly except at night.

_Describes the specific locations of the families._

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